The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team

Author : Colin Burgess,Rex Hall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387848242

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The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team will relate who these men were and offer far more extensive background stories, in addition to those of the more familiar names of early Soviet space explorers from that group. Many previously-unpublished photographs of these “missing” candidates will also be included for the first time in this book. It will be a detailed, but highly readable and balanced account of the history, training and experiences of the first group of twenty cosmonauts of the USSR. A covert recruitment and selection process was set in motion throughout the Soviet military in August 1959, just prior to the naming of America’s Mercury astronauts. Those selected were ordered to report for training at a special camp outside of Moscow in the spring of 1960. Just a year later, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Air Force (promoted in flight to the rank of major) was launched aboard a Vostok spacecraft and became the first person ever to achieve space flight and orbit the Earth.

Author : Colin Burgess,Rex Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Aerospace engineering
ISBN : OCLC:1066473482

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The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team by Colin Burgess,Rex Hall Pdf

The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team will relate who these men were and offer far more extensive background stories, in addition to those of the more familiar names of early Soviet space explorers from that group. Many previously-unpublished photographs of these ?missing? candidates will also be included for the first time in this book. It will be a detailed, but highly readable and balanced account of the history, training and experiences of the first group of twenty cosmonauts of the USSR. A covert recruitment and selection process was set in motion throughout the Soviet military in August 1959, just prior to the naming of America’s Mercury astronauts. Those selected were ordered to report for training at a special camp outside of Moscow in the spring of 1960. Just a year later, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Air Force (promoted in flight to the rank of major) was launched aboard a Vostok spacecraft and became the first person ever to achieve space flight and orbit the Earth.

Author : Gordon R. Hooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Astronauts
ISBN : UCAL:B4118077

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The Soviet Cosmonaut Team by Gordon R. Hooper Pdf

Author : Gordon R. Hooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Astronauts
ISBN : UOM:39015021839975

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The Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Background sections by Gordon R. Hooper Pdf

Author : Colin/ Hall Burgess (Rex)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:666922542

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The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team by Colin/ Hall Burgess (Rex) Pdf

Author : Gordon R. Hooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Astronauts
ISBN : UOM:39015021839983

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The Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Cosmonaut biographies by Gordon R. Hooper Pdf

Author : Rex D. Hall,Shayler David,Bert Vis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387739755

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Russia's Cosmonauts by Rex D. Hall,Shayler David,Bert Vis Pdf

There is no competition since this is the first book in the English language on cosmonaut selection and training Offers a unique and original discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight. Contains original interviews and photographs with first-hand information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City Provides an insight to the role of cosmonauts in the global space programme of the future. Reviews the training both of Russian cosmonauts in other countries and of foreign cosmonauts in Star City

Author : Vladimir Suvorov,Alexander Sabelnikov
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 1560724021

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The First Manned Spaceflight by Vladimir Suvorov,Alexander Sabelnikov Pdf

This book is about the early era of the Russian space challenge. It is based on the notes of Vladimir Suvorov, a distinguished chief documentary cinematographer, who eyewitnessed and described in his top secret diary all these events from 1959 to 1969. He and his team made 35 films on the Russian conquest of space. He worked closely with the key scientists including Chief Designer Sergey Korolev, the President of the Academy of Sciences Mstislav Keldish and other high ranking military officers who were in charge of the Soviet space program. Many cosmonauts, especially the first ones like Yuri Gagarin, German Titov, et al., became his friends. This book is the first close up and personal account of these remarkable events.

Author : Gordon Richard Hooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : 0951131222

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The Soviet Cosmonaut Team by Gordon Richard Hooper Pdf

Author : Rex Hall,Shayler David
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 185233391X

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The Rocket Men by Rex Hall,Shayler David Pdf

This book is the first known work in the west dedicated to revealing the full story of the Vostok space missions, and the first fledgling steps off our planet. In Leaving the Planet authors Rex Hall and Dave Shayler review this Soviet demonstration of technological progress. The text examines both the developmental and operational aspects of the missions, which at the time were clouded in secrecy. This fascinating and important text features a significant amount of new material on the spacecraft, as well as the history, design and development of the launch vehicle. It also includes the full story of the men and women who trained for these missions, some of whom never flew.

Author : Gordon R. Hooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Astronauts
ISBN : 0951131230

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The Soviet Cosmonaut Team by Gordon R. Hooper Pdf

Author : Maria Rosa Menzio
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031096525

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The Secrets of Soviet Cosmonauts by Maria Rosa Menzio Pdf

This book sheds new light on an amazing history, only partially known in the west: Russian cosmonautics and its spectacular record. From Laika, the cosmonaut dog, to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, to Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, to the first spacewalk, the Soviets set many goals that they subsequently achieved. But there are shadows behind these headline moments, moments involving human loss, some of which are known, others only rumored. Questions remain, such as: · What was the “flying coffin”? · What secrets are still hidden inside the Russian archives, despite two rounds of declassification? · Why didn’t Marina Popovich (“Madame Mig”) become a cosmonaut? · What problems made it necessary to film Valentina Tereshkova's return? · What (scientific) hypotheses exist concerning Gagarin's mysterious disappearance? The author addresses all of these issues, with help from the documents now available. This book will benefit a broad readership, from interested laypersons to graduate and undergraduate students to those who merely enjoy good history-based stories.

Author : David Scott,Alexei Leonov
Publisher : Bsb
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1480449237

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Two Sides of the Moon by David Scott,Alexei Leonov Pdf

With a foreword by Neil Armstrong and an introduction by Tom Hanks In this unique dual autobiography, astronaut David Scott and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov recount their exceptional lives and careers spent on the cutting edge of science and space exploration. This book reveals, in a very personal way, the drama of one of the most ambitious contests ever embarked on by man, set against the conflict that once held the world in suspense: the clash between communism and Western democracy. Through the men's memoirs, their courage emerges from their perseverance in times of extraordinary difficulty and danger.

Author : Piers Bizony,Jamie Doran
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802779618

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Starman by Piers Bizony,Jamie Doran Pdf

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history to leave the Earth's atmosphere and venture into space. His flight aboard a Russian Vostok rocket lasted only 108 minutes, but at the end of it he had become the most famous man in the world. Back on the ground, his smiling face captured the hearts of millions around the globe. Film stars, politicians and pop stars from Europe to Japan, India to the United States vied with each other to shake his hand. Despite this immense fame, almost nothing is known about Gagarin or the exceptional people behind his dramatic space flight. Starman tells for the first time Gagarin's personal odyssey from peasant to international icon, his subsequent decline as his personal life began to disintegrate under the pressures of fame, and his final disillusionment with the Russian state. President Kennedy's quest to put an American on the Moon was a direct reaction to Gagarin's achievement--yet before that successful moonshot occurred, Gagarin himself was dead, aged just thirty-four, killed in a mysterious air crash. Publicly the Soviet hierarchy mourned; privately their sighs of relief were almost audible, and the KGB report into his death remains secret. Entwined with Gagarin's history is that of the breathtaking and highly secretive Russian space program - its technological daring, its triumphs and disasters. In a gripping account, Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony reveal the astonishing world behind the scenes of the first great space spectacular, and how Gagarin's flight came frighteningly close to destruction.

Author : Yuri Gagarin
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780898754605

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Soviet Man in Space by Yuri Gagarin Pdf

The first manned space flight in history was accomplished on April 12, 1961, when the Soviet spaceship Vostok (East) orbited the earth and made a safe landing. The first man in space was 27 year old Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin, a citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. After successful launching in the multi-stage space rocket the satellite ship, having attained orbital velocity and separated from the last stage of the carrier-rocket, had begun free orbital flight round the earth. According to preliminary data, orbital period of the spaceship is 89.1 minutes; it minimum distance form the earth's surface (perigee) is 175 kilometers and its maximum(apogee), 302 kilometers; the orbit is inclined to the equator at 65°4'. Together with its pilot, the spaceship weighs 4,725 kilograms excluding the weight of the last stage of the launching rocket. Two-way radio communication has been established, and is being maintained, with the spaceman, Major Gagarin. The ship's short-wave transmitters are operating on 9.019 megacycles and 20.006 megacycles, and on 143.625 megacycles in the ultra short -wave band. The condition of the space pilot during flight is being observed by means of radio telemetering and television systems. Major Gagarin, the space pilot, withstood the period of acceleration satisfactorily and at present feels quite well. The systems enduring the necessary life conditions in the cabin of the spaceship are functioning normally. The flight of the Vostok with Major Gagarin on board continues...